RPC VI, 3348 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3348 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design three temples with six columns, the one above seen from the front, whithin which a statue of Tyche(?) stands, left, the others below seen from a three-quarter view; between them, lighted altar with serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 7
Reference Rec 279
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A Rec 279.2
2 2     CNG EA 405, 6 Sept. 2017, lot 301 (ex Gorny & Mosch 181 (12 Oct. 2009), lot 1756)